Sensitive intelligence is being withheld from President Trump by the USA intelligence officials because they are reportedly concerned that the information could be compromised.

Quoting a Wall Street Journal report published on Wednesday, Fox News said that some cases officials opted not to show the president how it collected the information.

“The paper, citing both former and current officials, said the decision to hold back information underscores the mistrust between the Executive Branch and spies,” the report added.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, said he has heard about these concerns in the past.

“I’ve talked with people in the intelligence community that do have concerns about the White House, about the president, and I think those concerns take a number of forms,” he said, according to the paper.

“What the intelligence community considers their most sacred obligation is to protect the very best intelligence and to protect the people that are producing it.”

The report points out that, historically, intelligence officials have held back information about how spies gather information, but in those cases, the information was not held back due to concerns over the president’s trustworthiness.

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